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And from thence three dayes iourney on the right hand is a place called Chorno-lese, to say in English, blacke woods, and from thence neere hand is a people called Pechey-cony, wearing their haire by his description after the Irish fashion.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Chorno-lese, to say in English, blacke woods, and from thence neere hand is
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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There be diuers kinds of beasts, as namely blacke lyouns in great abundance, and apes also, and monkeis, and battes as bigge as our doues.
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In the forefront came a man of a large body and goodly aspect, bearing the Scepter or royall mace, made of a certaine kind of blacke wood, and in length about a yard and a halfe, before the king.
Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682 Various 1885
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Obs. a1529 SKELTON Col. Cloute 400 [The nuns] Must cast vp theyr blacke vayles, And set vp theyr fucke sayles, To catch wynde with their ventales.
Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009
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The donne cutte: the body of blacke wull & a yelow lyste after eyther syde: the wynges of the bosarde bounde on wyth barkyd hempe.
Philocrites: It's Friday: Time for Middle English cooking! 2005
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The blacke louper. the body of blacke wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of the pecok tayle: & the wynges of the redde capon wt a blewe heed.
Philocrites: It's Friday: Time for Middle English cooking! 2005
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There are also a kind of conies hauing long tayles like vnto cats: and on the outside of their tailes grow blacke and white haires.
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And sometimes also they couer it with blacke felte.
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[Cyngis] About the same time there was one Cyngis, a blacke smith among the people of Moal.
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